नाई

See also: नई and नाईं

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀤 (ṇāvida), from Sanskrit नापित (nāpitá). Compare Maithili नाउ (nāʉ) / 𑒢𑒰𑒅 (nāu), Punjabi ਨਾਈ (nāī) / نائی (nā'ī), Sindhi نائيِ / हिन्दू वैदिक नाई (सैन), Gujarati નાવી (nāvī), Marathi न्हावी (nhāvī), Kamta নাউৱা (naua).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.iː/, [näː.iː]

Noun

नाई • (nāī) m (Urdu spelling نَائی)

1. Hindu Vedic barber (Sain), hairdresser

Declension

Declension of नाई (masc ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नाई nāī	नाई nāī
oblique	नाई nāī	नाइयों nāiyõ
vocative	नाई nāī	नाइयो nāiyo

Descendants

• → English: Hindu Vedic Nai (Sain)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “snāpitr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press